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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO TI-IEODOR EKROTH, OF STOOKHOLM, SWEDEN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,048, dated Augustso, 1887.

Application filed May 6, 1887. Serial No. 237,368. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODOR EKROTH, a citizen of the Kingdom of Sweden,and a resident of Stockholm, Sweden, have invented certain Improvementsin Apparatus for Beceiving Payment at Retail Sales, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus in the nature of a cash-receiver,the object being to provide such a receptacle, under the control of theseller, into which the money is put by the hand of the buyer on making apurchase. The money, once deposited, is only accessible to one who hasthe key to the apparatus,

My invention will be hereinafter fully described, and its novel featurescarefully defined in the claims.

In the drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is aplan view-of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a section of same on the line2 2 in Fig. 1.

Trepresents the box or casing of the apparatus, in the top plate ofwhich are apertures O o for inserting money, the former of which isdesigned for paper money or bills and the latter for coins.

It is a zigzag chute extending from the larger aperture, 0, down to atilting trough, 13, mounted pivotally on axes A. Money inserted ataperture 0 slides'down chute R and falls into trough B. When this troughis tilted, the money falls into a box, L, in the lower part of thecasing. Aperture 0 hasa slide or shutter, M, mounted in keepers in thetop plate of the casing. On the under side of some part of slide M is arack, M, with which meshes a segment-rack, K, on a shaft, K, mounted inthe casing and provided with a crank, S. Shaft K is a rock-shaft, andfrom it projects an arm, K, to which is coupled a rod, H, which extendsdown and is coupled to the front end of the tilting trough B. When theslide M is drawn back, so as to open aperture 0, trough B is held up byrod H in a nearly horizontal position. The money inserted at aperture 0slides down chute R and falls into trough B, as described. The money insaid trough may now be inspected through a glass plate, G, in the topplate or cover of the easing, and if found all right the crank S is letgo and a spring, F, connected to an arm on the trough, tilts the latter,and, acting through rod H and segment K, moves slide M forward andcloses aperture 0.

In the chute R are fixed combs or rows of points or barbs x x, to assistin preventing the money from being extracted by inverting the apparatus;and in holes in the bottom of said chute are also hung loose angularbarbs or hooks g which, should the apparatus be inverted, will fall outof place and thus serve to show that some one has tampered with the apparatus. All of these teeth, points, or barbs a: and y are directeddownward.

So far I have described only the mechanism and appurtenances connectedwith the moneyaperture 0; but thesmaller coin-aperture, 0, is providedwith like mechanism and appurtenances, which will, however, not requireminute description.

r is the zigzag chute leading from aperture 0 down to a tilting trough,'b, mounted in pivotal bearings a and provided with a retracting-spring,f. This trough is connected by a rod, h, to an arm, projecting from ashaft, k, which bears a toothed segment, k, meshing I have shown shaftKas tubular and shaft 70 extending through it and provided with a crank,s, in close proximity to crank S. The object of this is to enable bothcranks to be grasped and actuated together conveniently.

The money discharged from the trough 1) falls into a box, Z, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2.

N in Fig. 2 indicates the outlines of a door in the side of the casingto permit of access to the interior.

In case the apparatus is designed only for the reception of coins, butone of the two distinct mechanisms need be employedthat is, themechanism and parts described for bills or bank-notes may be omitted.

The object in making the chute zigzag is to prevent the surreptitiousextraction of money from the apparatus, and a spiral chute would servethis purpose. It is only necessary that the chute shall be crooked. Thedimensions of the chutes and the apertures leading to them I usuallymake sufficient to allow of a small heap of bills or coin being insertedat one time.

I contemplate two forms of this apparatusone not designed to resistviolence and the with a rack on slide m, that closes aperture 0.

other burglar-proof, and it may be made fire-proof as well. In thedrawings I have not shown the means of locking in order to pre vent anunauthorized person from pilfering, as these may be of any kind and formno part of my invention.

Any known mechanical equivalent may be employed in lieu of the segmentand rack devices for actuating the slides covering the ap ertnrcs 0 andO and for the springs F and 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- I. In a moneyreeeivingbox, the combination, with a casing provided with an aperture for theinsertion of the money, a slide closing said aperture, a rock-shaft, K,mounted in said casing, intermediate mechanism,substantially asdescribed, between said rock-shaft and slide, whereby the rockingmovement of the shaft transmits a reciprocating movement to the slide, acrooked or zigzag chute for the money to slide down, a tilting troughwhich receives the money from said chute, and mechanism, substantiallyas described, connecting said trough and rock-shaft, whereby the rockingof said shaft imparts a movement to said slide and troughsimultaneously.

2. In a money-receiving box, the inclined money-ehnte provided withholes and having loose barbs or angular hooks y hung in said holes withtheir points directed downward, whereby when the apparatus is invertedthese barbs will fall out and thus show that the apparatus has beentampered with.

3. The combination, with the casing having a money-aperture, O, of theslide M, covering said aperture, provided with a rack, M, the rock-shaftK, provided with a toothed seg ment, K, in mesh with said rack, and anarm, K, the tilting trough and its spring, the connector between saidtrough and arm K and the money-chute leading from said aperture 0 tosaid tilting trough.

at. Ihe combination, with the casing pro vided with two money-aperturesand the two money-chutes leading down from said apertures, of the twotilting troughs at the lower ends of said chutes, and their springs, thetubular shaft K, provided with a crank, S, arm K, and segment K, theshaft k, extending through shaft K, and provided with a crank, s, anarm, k and a segment, k, the slides M and m, having racks meshing,respectively, with said segments, and the rods II and h, connecting thearms K and k", respectively,with the tilting troughs, whereby the slidesmay be actuated simultaneously, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THEODOR EKROTH.

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Nnnn A. EIFWING, J OIIANN \VENDELIN.

